Divreon -> RE: Design Notes - January 8, 2013 - The Forge (1/9/2013 10:57:51)
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Thanks Charfade. @Everyone Else There are ton's of way to catch cheaters in online games. From measuring time between clicks, to checking IPs for conflicts, checking for attempts to log in from more than one IP RANGE(each area has a range that represents it, and you can get within 5 miles of many peoples physical addresses by using IP), to checking deviations in play style. Someone getting 500 wins a day probably has a pretty uniform style for dealing with people, and if during certain hours each day, their style completely changes without a change in build or gear or opponent, it can sometimes be blatant. If someone normally talks during PVP and says certain things during 1 set of times, and doesn't during another, that can also be a good indication. There are thousands of pieces that go into it besides IP, and it's smart that charfade doesn't go into it, because what ISN'T said, can't be worked around. We don't know what method they are using, though they are probably using dozens. IF you connect from a different IP range every time you connect, there's a good chance that you aren't sharing unless other indicators also flag you. If you connect from 2 IP's all the time, and one of those IP's has a second account it always logs into, and occasionally you attempt to double log in to one account from both ranges, or even if it happens multiple times, then it's a good indication that you are in fact sharing an account. Get enough indications, and then more detailed investigations can be done to prove it. This takes time and staff hours, and given the nature of such a pursuit the benefit of the doubt is heavily on the users side, but removing these people improve the game and I'm sure the ED staff are well on it. TLDR: don't worry if you don't cheat you wont be accused of it by staff, don't change your play style or method of connecting(infinite ip's, single computer, home & work & school) if you don't cheat, it will only raise more flags for ed staff to investigate slowing their ability to investigate cheaters Changed all caps sentence. Please do not use all caps as it's considered spam by the AE Comprehensive Forum Rules ~Tanky
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